https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2 How would you define the following ...? en-us 2018-02-22 12:05:52 UTC 2023-12-26 02:15:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png llrworkshops https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/236317315 noun - “An algorithm is a series of mathematical steps, especially in a computer program, which will give you the answer to a particular kind of problem or question.” from Collins Dictionary

]]> 2018-02-28 10:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/236317315 llrworkshops https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/236317722 Can also be described as computer programs that make decisions or solve problems for us. Increasingly used in social media - influenced by our own confirmation bias and contribute to making our filter bubble and echo chambers worse. ]]> 2018-02-28 10:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/236317722 llrworkshops https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/236318316 Often proprietary technology so we don't know exactly how they work - in social media they might be based on the number of likes a post gets, or or how many views it has had - meaning posts with the most "popularity" but little factual basis might rise above posts with actual evidence to back up their claims. ]]> 2018-02-28 10:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/236318316 llrworkshops https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/236318770 They impact anyone who uses the internet and accesses information and news via social media.]]> 2018-02-28 10:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/236318770 llrworkshops https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/236326354 Ever wonder how Facebook and other social media platforms choose which posts to show you when things appear out of chronological order? That's algorithms at work! ]]> 2018-02-28 11:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/236326354 https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/239211388 2018-03-07 15:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/239211388 https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/239212765 2018-03-07 15:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/239212765 https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/239213068 Sharing or fabricating news and information with the public which are known to be false amount to disinformation. This last element (mens rea, i.e. "guilty mind") distinguishes it from misinformation. This phenomenon is particularly present in propaganda, parody, journalism, and where there are private interests involved (e.g. political campaigns and advertisement produced/financed/ requested by big companies).]]> 2018-03-07 15:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/239213068 https://padlet.com/llrworkshops/fakenews2/wish/239217027  A filter bubble is the intellectual isolation that can occur when websites make use of algorithms to selectively assume the information a user would want to see, and then give information to the user according to this assumption. 

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